1. Barrington Batchelor Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada,(corresponding author)
2. Former MASc Candidate, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada,
3. Professor of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada,
4. Post-Doctoral Fellow, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (on leave),